Politics / Politique
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A new era for Montreal-Quebec relations?
A month has now passed since the provincial elections and the dust has finally settled. The new MNAs have been sworn in and the new cabinet is in place...
By Devin Alfaro -
Photo du jour : Election special
Graffiti in a laneway near St-Denis and Villeray.
By Devin Alfaro -
Montreal, the forgotten election issue
Former federal Prime Minister Kim Campbell was once infamously quoted (supposedly out of context) as saying that “an election is no time to...
By Devin Alfaro -
Montreal’s election prospects
In the federal election of May 2011 Montreal’s political geography was rewritten as the orange wave knocked out long established incumbents from...
By Devin Alfaro -
Coups de coeur : Coups de casseroles
After months of escalating clashes, violence, and arrests, Montrealers have taken the nightly protest into their own neighbourhoods. As the casseroles...
By Alanah Heffez -
À quoi sert la Ville dans la ville?
La Ville avec un “V” majuscule est souvent perçue, d’abord et avant tout, comme un “fournisseur de services publics”...
By Joel Thibert -
OCPM Announces Urban Agriculture Consultation
Montrealers asked for it, and the City of Montreal is delivering: the OCPM has announced a public consultation about Urban Agriculture from May 12th...
By Alanah Heffez -
Square Chaboillez and the Dangers of Precedent
The images and some of the content of this post has been adapted from Montréalités Urbaines with the author’s permission. Can the City sell a park...
By Alanah Heffez -
Le goût de Montréal // Bouffe de rue : pour une approche systémique | Partie 2 – Plaidoyer et appel à tous
Vous n’avez pas lu la première partie de ce texte ? Cliquez ici. Vous y trouverez le contexte général de la cuisine de rue, autant ici qu’Ã...
By Jonathan Lapalme -
Le goût de Montréal // Bouffe de rue : pour une approche systémique | Partie 1 – Contexte et « adversaires »
Fish and chips, satay, curry, Laksa, Mee rebus, burritos, marrons chauds, poutine; tous des plats que j’aimerais bien déguster dans la rue avec vous...
By Jonathan Lapalme -
My First Time
I am not ready for a career in politics. Not that I was ever planning one; but after attending my borough’s council meeting for the first time last...
By Émile Thomas -
Boundaries or Barriers for Petite-Patrie-Mile-End?
Last summer I moved from NDG to Petite Patrie and, for the fist time, I began to move through the city primarily in a North-South axis – with most...
By Alanah Heffez